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The QC, Vol. 90, No. 05 • October 2, 2003

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The Voice Of Whittier College Since 1914
October 2,2003
QUAKER CAMPUS
http://web.whittier.edu/qc
Huffington visits
Shannon Center
by Patrick Holmes
QCNewsEdilor
Former California recall
gubenatorial candidate Arianna
Huffington visited Whittier College Friday, Sept. 26, discussing
the upcoming election in a one-
on-one discussion with Assistant
Professor of Political Science Caroline Heldman and a question and
answer sesion with the audience.
Huffington announced her withdrawal from the California gubernatorial recall race four days
later on Tuesday, Sept. 30.
"I'm pulling out and I am going to concentrate every ounce of
time and energy over the next week
working to defeat the recall, because I've realized that that's the
only way now to defeat Arnold
Schwarzenegger," Huffington said
in an interview on the Tuesday,
Sept. 30, episode of CNN's Larry
King Live, "f Schwarzenegger] has
no idea how to run a state, and he
is going to be run by the very
forces that basically have de
stroyed so much of California."
Huffington explained that she
is asking her supporters to vote
against the recall, and then to vote
for the person that has the best
chance of defeating Schwarzenegger, whether that be Bustamante or
whomever else they want to vote
for.
Huffington's Tuesday announcement goes against much of
the campaign talk heard during her
visit to the Shannon Center; however, she did say Friday: "I always
wanted to be involved from the outside—writing, speaking. It wasn't
until this recall that I saw the opportunity to create a political movement."
The majority of Huffington's
time spent on the Shannon Center
stage was devoted to a question and
answer session with both Heldman
and the audience. When asked what
she would do to solve California's
financial problems if elected, Huff-
PAULGALU^ER/QCSTAFFPHOTOGFWPHER
Assistant Professor of Political Science Caroline Heldman
(left) and former Gubernatorial Candidate Arianna Huffington.
ington said: "I would impose a tax
on drinking, increase the tax on
tobacco and insist on taxes from
Indian gaming." One audience
member responded by asking Huffington how she could justify taxing
Indians on their own land. Huffington said, "Indian tribes contribute
to political campaigns but then expect to be considered a sovereign
nation, there are laws against receiving campaign support from foreign nationals." Huffington also said
that on issues like the Indian gaming taxes "politicians are so beholden that they can't make the right
decisions."
When asked by Heldman, "At
See HUFFINGTON, page 7
Cardenas elected Freshman Council President
byCamilaCrawfbrd
FortheQC
In a freshman class council election that elicited a low voter turnout, Ricky Cardenas was elected
freshman class president, Sue Ma-
jumdar freshman class vice president, Alexa Drilling freshman class
treasurer and Kat Anderson freshman class secretary. Results were
released the weekend of Sept. 27-
28.
Senior COR Secretary Lindsey
Brengle believed the freshman election process this year was a success,
"because the candidates themselves
seemed very talented, well-rounded and qualified for the job, and I
believe the elected officers will do a
lot for the freshman class."
According to Brengle, this
year's turnout was lower than in
previous years, with only 161 votes
cast out of 396 members of the
freshman class, a voter turnout of
42.8 percent. According to COR
the first-year elections of 2002 drew
50.7 percent of first-year students
and in 2001, 69.8 percent of first-
year students voted in the election.
Brengle speculated that the drop in
participation might be due to "more
freshmen living off campus, but
definitely not for lack of advertising. It would have been hard to miss
the huge sign in front of the C.I."
Cardenas said he is excited and
ready to serve his constituents.
"They voted for me and it is my job
to serve them. I want to make this a
fun year for everyone, academically and otherwise."
Newly-elected Vice President
Sue Majumdar said, "I just feel honored to represent such a diverse
group of people, and I feel humbled
to be given this awesome opportunity by people who a few weeks ago
I didn't even know. I would like to
plan a few large activities, for ex-
Ha^NANGQ/QCPHarOEDfTOR
Class of 2007 Freshman Class Council Secretary Alexa Drilling, Treasurer Kat Anderson, Vice President Sue Majumdar
and President Ricky Cardenas during a council meeting.
ample, a movie-thon or beach luau
that will allow the freshman to bond
as a class and help ease us into
college life. I also want to work on
keeping people on campus on the
weekends because those days are
dead around here."
Cardenas said, in response to
the low voter turnout, "I don't like
political apathy. I have no idea why
so many people didn't vote, because [voting] was so convenient,
with the voting booth right in the
C.I. where everyone walks by. Other than having booths right outside
residence halls to catch people when
they come out, how much easier
could it be?"
Advice for voting, genitals
Your opportunity to vote is on Oct. 7, but
you have the opportunity to have sex
whenever you want, so these two columns
are helpful the whole year 'round.
Opinions,Page2
ISSUE 5 • VOLUME 90
Finding fake IDs
A QC writer explores the wonderful
world of illegal identification. But it
really isn't that wonderful, so
please—don't try this at home.
Campus Life, Page 10
Candidates
struck from
voter ballot
byBrycie Jones
QCAssistantNewsEditor
Seniors Britni Sternquist and
Todd Spanier, two potential candidates for the respective positions of
Council of Representatives Mem-
ber-at-Large and COR Off-Campus Representative, were struck
from the voter's ballot the night of
Friday, Sept. 26, after the ballots
had closed but before the official
count was given. Appointment
powers were given to senior COR
President Zach Winters by the body
of COR on Monday, Sept. 29, in
lieu of a second election to fill the
vacancies on COR.
The Executive Cabinet of COR,
which includes Winters, junior
COR Vice President Max Renard,
senior COR Secretary and Elections Chair Lindsey Brengle and
junior COR Treasurer Kiril Kolev,
along with sophomore Elections
Committee Member and InterRes-
idence Hall Representative Amethyst Polk, met with Director of
Student Activities and COR Administrative Advisor Barny Peake
the night of Friday, Sept. 26, to
discuss Spanier and Sternquist's
eligibility.
At the meeting, the Executive
Cabinet reviewed the COR constitution and election by-laws to determine the eligibility of all candidates. "Renard, who is the interpreter and final authority on all
things constitutional, noted that the
way by which [Spanier and Sternquist] got on the ballot was unconstitutional," Winters said. Winters
also noted that the COR constitution had authority over the Elections Committee, going on to say,
"We have these policies and procedures in place for a reason. We
have to go by what the constitution
tells us, not what may be the most
convenient at the time."
According to Winters, Spanier
and Sternquist "did not fill out the
required paperwork at all, let alone
by the deadline of Friday, Sept. 19.
This is in violation of the election
code [a part of the COR constitution] and therefore is grounds for
removal from the election."
See ELECTIONS, page 6
Battle of the Shoes
The Occidental Tigers come
away with the Shoes once
again, rising over the Poets 35-
24 on Saturday, Sept. 27.
Sports, Pagel 6

The Voice Of Whittier College Since 1914
October 2,2003
QUAKER CAMPUS
http://web.whittier.edu/qc
Huffington visits
Shannon Center
by Patrick Holmes
QCNewsEdilor
Former California recall
gubenatorial candidate Arianna
Huffington visited Whittier College Friday, Sept. 26, discussing
the upcoming election in a one-
on-one discussion with Assistant
Professor of Political Science Caroline Heldman and a question and
answer sesion with the audience.
Huffington announced her withdrawal from the California gubernatorial recall race four days
later on Tuesday, Sept. 30.
"I'm pulling out and I am going to concentrate every ounce of
time and energy over the next week
working to defeat the recall, because I've realized that that's the
only way now to defeat Arnold
Schwarzenegger," Huffington said
in an interview on the Tuesday,
Sept. 30, episode of CNN's Larry
King Live, "f Schwarzenegger] has
no idea how to run a state, and he
is going to be run by the very
forces that basically have de
stroyed so much of California."
Huffington explained that she
is asking her supporters to vote
against the recall, and then to vote
for the person that has the best
chance of defeating Schwarzenegger, whether that be Bustamante or
whomever else they want to vote
for.
Huffington's Tuesday announcement goes against much of
the campaign talk heard during her
visit to the Shannon Center; however, she did say Friday: "I always
wanted to be involved from the outside—writing, speaking. It wasn't
until this recall that I saw the opportunity to create a political movement."
The majority of Huffington's
time spent on the Shannon Center
stage was devoted to a question and
answer session with both Heldman
and the audience. When asked what
she would do to solve California's
financial problems if elected, Huff-
PAULGALU^ER/QCSTAFFPHOTOGFWPHER
Assistant Professor of Political Science Caroline Heldman
(left) and former Gubernatorial Candidate Arianna Huffington.
ington said: "I would impose a tax
on drinking, increase the tax on
tobacco and insist on taxes from
Indian gaming." One audience
member responded by asking Huffington how she could justify taxing
Indians on their own land. Huffington said, "Indian tribes contribute
to political campaigns but then expect to be considered a sovereign
nation, there are laws against receiving campaign support from foreign nationals." Huffington also said
that on issues like the Indian gaming taxes "politicians are so beholden that they can't make the right
decisions."
When asked by Heldman, "At
See HUFFINGTON, page 7
Cardenas elected Freshman Council President
byCamilaCrawfbrd
FortheQC
In a freshman class council election that elicited a low voter turnout, Ricky Cardenas was elected
freshman class president, Sue Ma-
jumdar freshman class vice president, Alexa Drilling freshman class
treasurer and Kat Anderson freshman class secretary. Results were
released the weekend of Sept. 27-
28.
Senior COR Secretary Lindsey
Brengle believed the freshman election process this year was a success,
"because the candidates themselves
seemed very talented, well-rounded and qualified for the job, and I
believe the elected officers will do a
lot for the freshman class."
According to Brengle, this
year's turnout was lower than in
previous years, with only 161 votes
cast out of 396 members of the
freshman class, a voter turnout of
42.8 percent. According to COR
the first-year elections of 2002 drew
50.7 percent of first-year students
and in 2001, 69.8 percent of first-
year students voted in the election.
Brengle speculated that the drop in
participation might be due to "more
freshmen living off campus, but
definitely not for lack of advertising. It would have been hard to miss
the huge sign in front of the C.I."
Cardenas said he is excited and
ready to serve his constituents.
"They voted for me and it is my job
to serve them. I want to make this a
fun year for everyone, academically and otherwise."
Newly-elected Vice President
Sue Majumdar said, "I just feel honored to represent such a diverse
group of people, and I feel humbled
to be given this awesome opportunity by people who a few weeks ago
I didn't even know. I would like to
plan a few large activities, for ex-
Ha^NANGQ/QCPHarOEDfTOR
Class of 2007 Freshman Class Council Secretary Alexa Drilling, Treasurer Kat Anderson, Vice President Sue Majumdar
and President Ricky Cardenas during a council meeting.
ample, a movie-thon or beach luau
that will allow the freshman to bond
as a class and help ease us into
college life. I also want to work on
keeping people on campus on the
weekends because those days are
dead around here."
Cardenas said, in response to
the low voter turnout, "I don't like
political apathy. I have no idea why
so many people didn't vote, because [voting] was so convenient,
with the voting booth right in the
C.I. where everyone walks by. Other than having booths right outside
residence halls to catch people when
they come out, how much easier
could it be?"
Advice for voting, genitals
Your opportunity to vote is on Oct. 7, but
you have the opportunity to have sex
whenever you want, so these two columns
are helpful the whole year 'round.
Opinions,Page2
ISSUE 5 • VOLUME 90
Finding fake IDs
A QC writer explores the wonderful
world of illegal identification. But it
really isn't that wonderful, so
please—don't try this at home.
Campus Life, Page 10
Candidates
struck from
voter ballot
byBrycie Jones
QCAssistantNewsEditor
Seniors Britni Sternquist and
Todd Spanier, two potential candidates for the respective positions of
Council of Representatives Mem-
ber-at-Large and COR Off-Campus Representative, were struck
from the voter's ballot the night of
Friday, Sept. 26, after the ballots
had closed but before the official
count was given. Appointment
powers were given to senior COR
President Zach Winters by the body
of COR on Monday, Sept. 29, in
lieu of a second election to fill the
vacancies on COR.
The Executive Cabinet of COR,
which includes Winters, junior
COR Vice President Max Renard,
senior COR Secretary and Elections Chair Lindsey Brengle and
junior COR Treasurer Kiril Kolev,
along with sophomore Elections
Committee Member and InterRes-
idence Hall Representative Amethyst Polk, met with Director of
Student Activities and COR Administrative Advisor Barny Peake
the night of Friday, Sept. 26, to
discuss Spanier and Sternquist's
eligibility.
At the meeting, the Executive
Cabinet reviewed the COR constitution and election by-laws to determine the eligibility of all candidates. "Renard, who is the interpreter and final authority on all
things constitutional, noted that the
way by which [Spanier and Sternquist] got on the ballot was unconstitutional," Winters said. Winters
also noted that the COR constitution had authority over the Elections Committee, going on to say,
"We have these policies and procedures in place for a reason. We
have to go by what the constitution
tells us, not what may be the most
convenient at the time."
According to Winters, Spanier
and Sternquist "did not fill out the
required paperwork at all, let alone
by the deadline of Friday, Sept. 19.
This is in violation of the election
code [a part of the COR constitution] and therefore is grounds for
removal from the election."
See ELECTIONS, page 6
Battle of the Shoes
The Occidental Tigers come
away with the Shoes once
again, rising over the Poets 35-
24 on Saturday, Sept. 27.
Sports, Pagel 6